DIA 2013 49th Annual Meeting Highlights

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Top executives from the regulatory agencies in Canada, the European Union, and the United States addressed an overflow crowd in a lively question and answer session on Cooperation Among Regulators: Impact on Stakeholders held Monday afternoon.

DIA’s Patient Advocate Fellowship Program supports the Annual Meeting participation of patient advocacy and patient group representatives, which provides opportunities for them to strengthen and support their collaborations with policy makers, health care professionals, industry representatives and other important groups. Twenty Advocates were selected to participate in this year’s program.

Freda Lewis-Hall, MD, FAPA, recipient of the Distinguished Career Award

Because DIA members, volunteers and leadership work toward our shared vision around the world, DIA presents our annual volunteer awards at the annual meeting or flagship meeting in each region. Volunteers who have contributed greatly to DIA’s legacy in North America received their awards at a special dinner on Saturday, June 22.

To help Attendees hear the patient’s voice more clearly and understand the patient perspective, we are pleased to present two film documentaries, brought to you by The Kauffman Foundation, on Tuesday and Wednesday evening. Tuesday’s documentary is RARE.

Meryl Comer, President of the Geoffrey Beene Foundation Alzheimer's Initiative, chaired today's session Advancing Alzheimer’s Innovation: A Call to Action, in which she discussed the global impact of Alzheimer's and the progress towards earlier detection and meaningful therapeutic intervention.

To help Attendees hear the patient’s voice more clearly and understand the patient perspective, we are pleased to present two film documentaries, brought to you by The Kauffman Foundation, on Tuesday and Wednesday evening. Wednesday’s documentary is Here.Us.Now.

General Call for Abstracts Opens: August 1, Closes: September 9Call for Student Poster Abstracts Opens: August 1, Closes: February 25Call for Professional Poster Abstracts Opens: August 1, Closes March 3